New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-25
THE KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN.
REPUBLICANS AGGRESSIVE AND HAPPY.

THE DEMOCRATIC VOTE SURE TO BE REDUCED
FEATURES OF THE CANVASS.
tFRox AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUSEl
LOUisvnIE L. KY. July 2l- One week from Monday
next the State election In this commonwealth.
Although Kentucky Is everywhere recognized as a
Democratic State, yet owing to various complications
Encouragement Of Affairs mainly. causing wide'
spread disanectiOn in tho party ranks, Is certain
that the Democratic vote will DO greatly reduced On
the first day Of August Tho Democrats have made
egrcgi0us plumbers from the beginning, and tho Be
publican managers have taken full advantage OF
them.
First, General s. d. Duckner. the Democratic can
didate for Governor, was nominated solely because
Of bis having boon Confederate soldier whO sur
rendered to Grant at FVrt Donelson. Buckners
nomination was clamored for by the ex-Confederate
soldiers all over the state; he eulogzed by tho
Democratic press edited by Confederate soldiers ana
to day is recognized as basng his claims for ONCE
solely upon his military experience. On the same
ticket are three other ConfcdeIates out OF seven
candidates to be elected This has incensed inc
Union soldier element that had been voting largely
with the Democracy since the war; IL seems W
them little too much Of good thing, ana IL Is TO
ported from the mountain section Of the State, where
large proportion OF these exsoldiers reside, that
thoy will vote almost soidly for the Hon. W. U.
Bradley, Republican nominee for Governor ColoncI
Richard T. Jacob an influential Democrat ana an OK
Union soldier has written and published several let
Buckner and vote for Bradley and these letters are
proving efoctlvo.
In the First Congressional District, which usually
gives from ten thousand to fifteen thousand Demo
cratic majority. and has been termed Tho Gibraltar
Of Democracy" the Prohibition State ticket has 10
veloped unexpected strength, so that the district Is
badly disrupted and will not give more than onchaif
Of its usual majority.
There arc four tickets in the feld-Democratc,
Republican, Prohibition and Labor. The Prohibition
vote will DO greater than the other parties arc willing
to concede, ana good political judges privately ao
know lodge likely to fall far short Of
thirty thousand The greater part OF this vote Is ex'
pected to come from Democrats who are disguised
with their patty management IN KENTUCKY but rather
than Republican will vote Tor the Prohibi
a figure outside the principal cities, Louisville ex-
ington, Covington, Newporl, raducah and the mining
LARGELY from the Democracy The Labor party adj
herents exceedingly bitter against the Democratic
state authorities for hiring Out penontiary con'icts
to work on the public domain and In coal mtnes and
viii not support their candidates under any consider
sya. The recent Republican state Convention
adopted a plank LII their platform strongly condemna
latter remained silent the question in their plat
form. Thus 1t can readily DO Observed mat inc ~,
Democratic disafecton Is Widespread on account Vi
Another thing; The Democratic state Central Central
Of their chief opposing candidates, both 70 ability
and oratOry positively declined to allow their own
although both Colonel BRADLEY and the Republican
state Committee repeatedly extended invitations 10
Joint debate Tho result is that people are pretty
generally saying here that Blckner and MS te ,l
ates afraid TO meet Bradley on Stae ISSUES
bradley being man of acknowledged ability. lawyer
at the head Of his profession in Kentucky and popu
legislative ticket is also to be elected, and the
indications are that the Republicans will make largo
gains In the Senate and House. There Is an uiter
iack OF the usual enthusiasm in Democrat ranks
everywhere In the State and cold "dont-care- much
beaten feeling IL pcrceptibe IN All sec
mons In this city the Republicans claim that they
will carry the day. "Thc Courier-Journa IN cading
out of It's party every whose opinions 90 not CO
incde with its own, is voxtng many OF
tho more influential Democrats ana tney
threaten 10 bolt the State ticket The
knights of Labor. OF whom there are perhaps
3 900 here have announced their purpose TO support
the Republican State ticket solidy. IL thcy 40 this
then the city will give a Republican majority OF at
least that many votes. In view OF all these croun
stances we'll Informed Republicans actually DC
IIeye that there Is q chance VI carrying the state.